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jenmhessler.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California Media History|Media Industries|Television|Audiences|Technology and Society Views my own
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Netflix has removed all of their interactive content from their site bc interface incompatibility. Those films/shows were culturally important nodes in the evolution of television/interactivity and digital storytelling strategies. This is the archive problem that the digital creates

Jennifer Holt and I discuss her new book, Cloud Policy, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. A must-read for scholars of policy, platforms, data, infrastructures, and media industries. newbooksnetwork.com/cloud-policy

Tom Humberstone's excellent comic about the Luddites' history. thenib.com/im-a-luddite/

This will obviously be awesome: @drjjwild.bsky.social at the Cinema Studies Institute (U of T), this Thursday 4-6 pm. www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/figur...

Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.

💫Digital Aesthetics alert (we have 2 events in the next week!)💫 Join us for a workshop with Thomas Pringle, who will present “Streaming Capital: Digital Aesthetics and Natural Infrastructure” on Tues, April 29, 5-7pm PT. Zoom link: tinyurl.com/34unt7nc

don't post about what you did with ai. that shit is embarrassing

The new report from Nielsen on Black Audiences might be of interest to some of my followers

Today is the not only the day that the Lord hath made. It is also the birth date of my newest book FANDOM FOR US, BY US. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjjqKsju/